Example sentences of "from her [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I could commission something special from her while I 'm there . ’ |
| 2 | He was charmed by the tune and took the whole box from her while he listened ; his face reflected an almost childlike absorption . |
| 3 | A lovely letter come from her before I went up north . |
| 4 | However , before she herself was dismissed so that Dorothy could rest , her sister extracted a promise from her that she would set about finding out the boy 's address and , moreover , that Cynthia would contact her own solicitor and have him draw up a new will making Dorothy 's son her sole beneficiary . |
| 5 | By paying her 30s. a week and taking this promise from her that she will maintain herself and will not pledge his credit , he has an added safeguard to protect himself from all this worry , trouble and expense . |
| 6 | Yet Travis — if it was him — had exacted a promise from her that she must n't breathe a word about Rosemary . |
| 7 | He looked so desperately far away from her that she nearly reached out to touch him , to bring him back , because she instinctively knew where he was . |
| 8 | Amanda added : ‘ We 've done everything we can to keep cigarettes away from her but she 's clever . |
| 9 | I even thought of trying to grab it from her but she put it away in the drawer where she kept it and stood in front of it . |
| 10 | He waited for some sign of agreement from her but none came and he went on , ‘ It was something I found out . ’ |
| 11 | He had promised himself that he would not get too involved with her , but at this moment he could no more have parted from her than he could have cut his own throat . |
| 12 | He did not move away from her so she slid from beneath the arc of his body , her napkin fell to the floor . |
| 13 | And she knew now the reason she had n't wanted the doctor , knew it was because she was afraid they 'd take Jenny away from her because she was n't fit to look after her . |
| 14 | She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession . |
| 15 | ‘ Hopefully there 'll be a lot more messages from her because I think I 'll go on to be at least 120 . ’ |
| 16 | He took his cue from her and they half ran and half walked the couple of hundred yards to the station , and she led and he followed . |
| 17 | ‘ That Lilith 's a good guesser and we 're goin' to keep away from her and her funny religion , are n't we ? ’ |
| 18 | Then she remembered what he really wanted from her and her rage burst forth like fire . |
| 19 | You refer to her stately homes , which she cared for deeply , but more importantly round these homes she knew by name a huge number of tenants , workers and friends who always received a warm and cheerful word , and many enjoyed great generosity from her and her husband . |
| 20 | The Marquess married his wife Becky in 1990 but he now lives apart from her and their son . |
| 21 | Keith tried to snatch the pen away from her and she slapped his hand so that he did not jog her . |
| 22 | He rolled away from her and she woke too . |
| 23 | He never looked away from her and she saw that the pain in his eyes had been his vision of the sea tearing at him , his soul screaming no , no to earth , no to this , no to her . |
| 24 | Its warm radiance drove the shivers from her and she was glad to see that she had n't disturbed Antoine . |
| 25 | The flesh had melted from her and she stared at the wall apathetically from sunken eyes . |
| 26 | He straightened , and she heaved one jar out of the basin , but he took it from her and she felt his strength give the heavy vessel sudden lift ; she put it down and thanked him . |
| 27 | He looked away from her and she knew she was right . |
| 28 | He stepped away from her and she could have wept at the cold desolation that closed round her . |
| 29 | Americans sprang from her and she always calls them back . |
| 30 | It certainly brought the door banging open ; and she was still screaming when his body was lifted from her and she saw the poker coming down towards his head . |